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Airstrikes by the Nigerian Army targeting ‘bandits’ have killed seven children and wounded five others by mistake in Niger. The governor of the Maradi region, Chaibou Aboubacar, confirmed the development to AFP on Sunday. The Region of Maradi is one ...

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for coronavirus, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday. The 95-year-old sovereign — who is celebrating her 70th year on the throne — is experiencing mild cold-like symptoms but expects to continue light duties at Windsor ...

  Former Brazil star Adriano once spent £13,000 on 18 prostitutes to deal with the disappointment of a failed transfer, it has been reported. In 2015 at the age of 33 and without a club following a brief failed spell ...

A domestic worker, Sossougueto Theodore, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stealing N2,729,850 from his Japanese employer, Yasushi Murata, in the Ikoyi area of the state. A neighbour, Oluwasegun Olusoji, was reportedly arrested ...

Kim Kardashian has socially dumped her ex Kanye West, unfollowing him from Instagram after the rapper slammed Pete Davidson yet again. In an ongoing drama that could rival any high school romance, Kim’s current boyfriend, Pete, recently returned to Instagram ...

A woman, Ramota Soliu, has allegedly killed her husband, Bello, at a Fulani settlement at Iyana Ilewo, in the Abeokuta-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The mother of two was reported to have poured hot water on her husband, ...

  Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh celebrated her son, Andre, as he turned six years old yesterday. Actress Rosy Meurer, who is currently married to Churchill, joined the celebration spree as she shared a picture of her husband’s son on her ...

Four men have been arraigned before a Yola Chief Magistrate’s Court over the death of a 28-year-old man, Adamu Ahmadu, who was wrongly accused of stealing a phone. Ahmadu, who was the son of a security guard working with the ...

Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu has said President Muhammadu Buhari is “healthier than most young Nigerians” criticising him on health issues. Shehu spoke on Thursday via Zoom in an interview on Channels Television. Buhari is currently in Brussels, Belgium, for the ...

At least five persons have been hospitalized following a fire outbreak at the Lagos campus of the Nigerian Law School, located at Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island. According to eyewitnesses, the incident which happened on Thursday led to commotion among ...

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isah Ali Ibrahim Pantami has added the rank of ‘Professor’ to his name in some changes made to his personal Facebook page. The addition of the new title is coming amidst widespread ...

Retired footballer Samuel Eto’o has been declared as the biological father of a 22-year-old woman in Madrid. The former striker has never acknowledged that he was the father of Erika Do Rosario Nieves and he did not attend the court ...

Thousands of Porsches, Audis, and Lamborghinis were marooned on an unmanned burning cargo ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean Thursday. Crew members of the 650-feet-long Felicity Ace were evacuated from the transport ship to a hotel in the ...

Police operatives in Akwa Ibom have begin the hunt for killers of Chief Bassey Emah, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. SP Odiko Macdon, Akwa Ibom Police Public Relations Officer said this while confirming the ...

A 102-year-old woman identified as Mrs. Nonye Josephine Ezeanyaeche has joined the 2023 presidential race in Nigeria. Ezeanyaeche said if the younger generation is not ready to take up the challenge of leading the nation, then she will throw her ...

One of Davido’s PA, Isreal, who is in charge of logistics, has crashed the car handed over to him only a few days ago. Recall Davido had surprised Isreal with the car, so he can stop hopping from one cab ...

Paris Saint-Germain have offered Kylian Mbappe a contract that would make him the highest paid footballer on the planet in a bid to keep him at the Parc des Princes. The 23-year-old has just four months left to run on ...

The Senate Deputy President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has boasted that the ruling All Progressives Congress would produce the successor to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), come 2023. Omo-Agege, representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, spoke in ...

The embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has claimed that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) are behind his travails. Kyari made this claim when he appeared before a probe panel led ...

  A drama was witnessed at a burial ceremony in Gatanga, Kenya after the deceased kin dropped a beehive near the casket as the funeral service was ongoing forcing mourners to run for their lives. The incident forced the burial ...

  Gospel singer, Tim Godfrey is off the market. He has proposed to his girlfriend. He shared the good news on his Instagram page writing; ”Meeting you changed my life. Meeting you brought unending smiles. Most importantly, meeting you was ...

An unidentified man has reportedly slumped and died at a hotel in Ada George in the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State after alleged s3x romp with his female partner. Punch Metro gathered that the incident occurred a few ...

An unidentified woman, who disguised as a teacher, has abducted five children from their homes in Rukpakulusi axis of Eliozu in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Three of the children, whose ages ranged from 18-months to four years, were reportedly abducted ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mohammed Bello Koko as the substantive Managing Director for the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Koko has been performing the role of the MD of the authority in acting capacity since the suspension ...

Osun State government on Tuesday denied a claim that there was a plan to assassinate Minister of Interior and former governor of the state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. Sunday Akere, Special Adviser to Gov. Gboyega Oyetola on Political Matters, gave the ...